Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jon Theodore Secreto, 43, was arrested late Thursday night and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly shooting at a neighbor with a BB gun.

A Gainesville Police Department Officer responded to the 2600 block of NE 12th Street regarding an incident that happened at 5:47 p.m. on May 30; his investigation found that Secreto and a neighbor (the victim in the incident) had been arguing because the neighbor kicked Secreto’s dog when it charged at him in the roadway.

Secreto allegedly went back into his house and picked up a BB gun; his brother was reportedly shouting for Secreto to shoot the neighbor.

Another neighbor reportedly told the officer that Secreto came out of his house with a BB gun and fired one shot at the victim; that neighbor reportedly provided video of the initial argument. That neighbor also completed an affidavit describing the incident.

Post Miranda, Secreto reportedly denied shooting at the victim and said he does not own a BB gun. A search of his home reportedly found no weapons.

Secreto has five felony convictions (one violent) and four misdemeanor convictions. Judge Susan Miller-Jones set bail at $50,000.

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